Desk plans that don’t wobble
Set the size of your desk to your room and chair, and Woodworker checks it’s stiff enough not to wobble while you type.
Open the desk designerFree · no sign-up · works in your browser
How the design works
A frame of legs and aprons with a smooth top of boards or a panel, with optional stretchers for extra stiffness.
Starts at 1.4 × 0.7 m, 740 mm high (56 × 28 in in US sizes). Change any size and everything else follows.
What Woodworker checks
- The top sagging under monitors and books
- Side-to-side wobble while you type
- Joints at the corners
When something isn’t strong or stable enough, it says why and offers a fix you can apply in one click, like a bigger section, an extra brace or a different joint.
What you can change
- Length, depth and height
- Top material and thickness
- Leg and apron sizes, and stretchers
What you get
- A cut list of every part, with sizes, wood and how many
- A shopping list of timber lengths or sheets, screws, bolts and hardware, with rough costs
- Assembly steps in build order, with the joints and fixings for each step
- Dimensioned front, side and top drawings, and a printable workshop sheet (PDF)
Tips
- Most desks are 720–760 mm (28–30 in) high; match it to your chair.
- Stretchers at the back keep your knees free and still stop wobble.
Questions
- Can I use plywood for the top?
- Yes. Choose a panel top and birch plywood or MDF; the shopping list then counts sheets.
- Is it really free?
- Yes. Woodworker is free, with no ads and no account. Designs are saved in your browser and never uploaded.
- How accurate are the checks?
- They use Eurocode 5 methods and common furniture test loads, as a guide for home-made projects, not certified engineering. Ask an engineer about anything large or anything people could be hurt by if it failed.
